Yesterday's newspaper included this bit of Entertainment News - "Singer and sometimes actress Jessica Simpson has paid the price of beauty and now she's examining people's obsession with looking good. The 29 year old has decided to turn the tables on questions about how she looked. The result is a new show called "Jessica Simpson's Price of Beauty".
On the following page was a photo of two Army trainees at Fort Jackson pounding the crap out of each other in a close combat drill. Apparently, hand-to-hand techniques and "core strength" drills are now added to the daily 5 mile runs that we all so fondly recall.
Poor Jessica Simpson, She has paid that price of beauty, been insulted as "fat" by a snarky magazine cover, and is rewarded with a TV show. Meanwhile, those trainees at Fort Jackson are paying a price in sweat and pain, being insulted as "maggots" by a snarky drill sergeant, and are rewarded with a combat tour half-way around the world.
As we empathize with poor Jess paying the price of beauty and getting insulted for it, let's not forget those who pay a greater price and get shot at as a reward.
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